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Matt Young
Matthew John Young

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.
School University of California, Los Angeles

Debut April 6, 1983
  vs. NYY 7.0 IP, 10 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, W
Final Game August 6, 1993
Born August 9, 1958 in Pasadena, CA

Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1983 24 SEA AL  11  15  33  32   5   2   0  0  203.7  178   86   74  17   79  130   7   4   851   2   2  3.27  4.28  131 1.262 AS
 1984 25 SEA AL   6   8  22  22   1   0   0  0  113.3  141   81   72  11   57   73   1   3   524   3   1  5.72  4.00   70 1.747
 1985 26 SEA AL  12  19  37  35   5   2   2  1  218.3  242  135  119  23   76  136   7   6   951   3   2  4.91  4.19   85 1.456
 1986 27 SEA AL   8   6  65   5   1   0  32 13  103.7  108   50   44   9   46   82   8   7   458   2   1  3.82  4.23  111 1.486
 1987 28 LAD NL   5   8  47   0   0   0  31 11   54.3   62   30   27   3   17   42   0   3   234   5   0  4.47  4.00   90 1.454
 1989 30 OAK AL   1   4  26   4   0   0   1  0   37.3   42   31   28   2   31   27   0   5   183   2   0  6.75  3.70   55 1.955
 1990 31 SEA AL   8  18  34  33   7   1   0  0  225.3  198  106   88  15  107  176   6  16   963   7   0  3.51  3.96  113 1.354
 1991 32 BOS AL   3   7  19  16   0   0   1  0   88.7   92   55   51   4   53   69   2   5   404   2   0  5.18  4.31   83 1.635
 1992 33 BOS AL   0   4  28   8   1   0   4  0   70.7   69   42   36   7   42   57   3   2   321   2   0  4.58  4.23   92 1.571
 1993 34 CLE AL   1   6  22   8   0   0   2  0   74.3   75   45   43   8   57   65   3   5   347   0   1  5.21  4.38   84 1.776
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .367  55  95 333 163  20   5  73 25 1189.7 1207  661  582  99  565  857  37  56  5236  28   7  4.40  4.14   94 1.489
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  13  45  22   2   0  10  3  163.0  165   90   79  13   77  117   5   7   717   3   0  4.40  4.14   94 1.489
 Career High     12  19  65  35   7   2  32 13  225.3  242  135  119  23  107  176   8  16   963   7   2  3.27  4.38  131 1.262

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 28 LAD NL  47    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons      48    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     47    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2                           0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1987 28 LAD NL    3    3    0   0.0   104| .000  .267| .000  .336| .000  .415| .000  .751|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons        3    3    0   0.0   104| .000  .267| .000  .336| .000  .415| .000  .751|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1983 24 SEA AL P 33 9 39 3 0 .941 .958 1.45 0.73 2.12 1.80 32 203.7 AS 1984 25 SEA AL P 22 3 21 2 3 .923 .956 1.09 0.70 1.91 1.79 22 113.3 1985 26 SEA AL P 37 6 24 1 1 .968 .952 0.81 0.70 1.24 1.86 35 218.3 1986 27 SEA AL P 65 4 9 4 0 .765 .956 0.20 0.68 1.13 1.83 5 103.7 1987 28 LAD NL P 47 3 1 2 0 .667 .952 0.09 0.62 0.66 1.91 0 54.3 1989 30 OAK AL P 26 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.35 0.66 2.17 1.88 4 37.3 1990 31 SEA AL P 34 12 31 9 1 .827 .953 1.26 0.59 1.72 1.78 33 225.3 1991 32 BOS AL P 19 4 10 1 1 .933 .959 0.74 0.58 1.42 1.80 16 88.7 1992 33 BOS AL P 28 2 8 6 0 .625 .952 0.36 0.56 1.27 1.72 8 70.7 1993 34 CLE AL P 22 4 10 1 0 .933 .952 0.64 0.56 1.70 1.79 8 74.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1983 24 SEA AL P 33 9 39 3 0 .941 .958 1.45 0.73 2.12 1.80 32 203.7 1984 25 SEA AL P 22 3 21 2 3 .923 .956 1.09 0.70 1.91 1.79 22 113.3 1985 26 SEA AL P 37 6 24 1 1 .968 .952 0.81 0.70 1.24 1.86 35 218.3 1986 27 SEA AL P 65 4 9 4 0 .765 .956 0.20 0.68 1.13 1.83 5 103.7 1987 28 LAD NL P 47 3 1 2 0 .667 .952 0.09 0.62 0.66 1.91 0 54.3 1989 30 OAK AL P 26 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.35 0.66 2.17 1.88 4 37.3 1990 31 SEA AL P 34 12 31 9 1 .827 .953 1.26 0.59 1.72 1.78 33 225.3 1991 32 BOS AL P 19 4 10 1 1 .933 .959 0.74 0.58 1.42 1.80 16 88.7 1992 33 BOS AL P 28 2 8 6 0 .625 .952 0.36 0.56 1.27 1.72 8 70.7 1993 34 CLE AL P 22 4 10 1 0 .933 .952 0.64 0.56 1.70 1.79 8 74.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 333 50 159 29 6 .878 .955 0.63 0.65 1.58 1.81 163 1189.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 333 50 159 29 6 .878 .955 0.63 0.65 1.58 1.81 163 1190
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1989   ALCS  OAK TOR     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   0   0   2   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1989   ALCS  OAK TOR     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1983   SEA AL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1983   SEA AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1983 *

ERA
1983 AL-3.27-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1983 AL-7.87-6
1990 AL-7.91-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1990 AL-7.03-10

Games
1986 AL-65-7

Innings
1990 AL-225.3-8

Strikeouts
1990 AL-176-8

Games Started
1985 AL-35-7
1990 AL-33-8

Comp. Games
1990 AL-7-3

Shutouts
1983 AL-2-9
1985 AL-2-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1990 AL-107-4

Hits Allowed
1985 AL-242-9

Losses
1983 AL-15-4
1985 AL-19-1
1990 AL-18-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1985 AL-119-2

Wild Pitches
1990 AL-16-2

Hit Batsmen
1983 AL-7-9
1985 AL-7-9
1986 AL-8-9

Batters Faced
1990 AL-963-5

Adjusted ERA+
1983 AL-131-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 22 (986) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1467) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

January 10, 1978: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft.

December 10, 1986: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dennis Powell and Mike Watters (minors).

December 11, 1987: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Bob Welch to the Oakland Athletics. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Jack Savage to the New York Mets. The Oakland Athletics sent Alfredo Griffin and Jay Howell to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Oakland Athletics sent Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst to the New York Mets. The New York Mets sent Jesse Orosco to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

November 21, 1988: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

January 19, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 4, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

March 30, 1993: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

April 6, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

August 9, 1993: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

August 12, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

September 8, 1993: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Seattle Mariners$159,000
1986Seattle Mariners$205,000
1987Los Angeles Dodgers$350,000
1989Oakland Athletics$425,000
1990Seattle Mariners$587,000
1991Boston Red Sox$2,266,667
1992Boston Red Sox$2,266,667
Career (may be incomplete)$6,259,334

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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